Spatial Concept
supine Audio
su·pine [ soo-pahyn ]
Subclass of:
Body position
Definitions related to supine position:
  • (supine) Deprecation Comment:This concept has been deprecated because it does not describe a type of Act (as it should in the ActClass code system), but rather encodes the result or value of an observation. The same code has been added to the ObservationValue code system.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • A posterior recumbent body position whereby the person lies on its back and faces upward.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal surface.
    ACC/AHA Clinical Data Terminology
    American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association , 2020
  • The posture of an individual lying face up.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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